As Devil Master Liu Xi departed, the shadow hanging over Soaring Sky City finally dispersed. The moment the Dragon Soul Rite came to a complete end, everyone knew that this dynasty, which had contended for supremacy in the Upperstream for three thousand years, had changed masters.
Thus, while countless citizens cheered to welcome the Feather Spirit Dynasty's arrival, innumerable subordinate factions fiercely loyal to the Soaring Sky Holy Emperor fled in disarray. Their departure also turned the vacated territories into footholds for the Feather Spirit Dynasty as it moved from the Midstream into the Upperstream.
These factions, like homeless dogs, were settled by the Sword Burial Sect within the territories of its various subordinate forces. It was a rare display of mercy from the Sword Burial Sect.
Aside from these people who knew how to read the times, those who deluded themselves into thinking they could bargain with the new Empress by relying on their own strength met the most terrifying suppression. Across the one hundred and twenty cities of Soaring Sky City, heads rolled for an entire year.
Local clans and factions that had originally had the chance to take root in the Feather Spirit Dynasty were utterly wiped out because of their own petty schemes!
Shu Lichuo's bloody methods should have sparked all manner of rebellions, but as the passage to the Midstream connected with the Feather Spirit Dynasty, the Myriad Treasures Sect and Dragon Tiger God Suppression Sect began to exert their strength. They established strongholds in every city, stationed disciples there, and opened up trade routes.
Meanwhile, Bai Yu used the Holy Son token to mobilize a group of Holy Heaven Cult disciples to maintain order.
The army left behind by the Soaring Sky Dynasty gradually submitted under this trend as well, and their new commander